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Rihanna & Chris Brown in Auckland· 12 Comments · Interviews, Performances, Reviews · |
It was a dream night for teenage music lovers as pop stars Rihanna and Chris Brown hit the stage in Auckland. Reviewer Karen Tay checks them out.
Rihanna & Chris Brown
Where: Vector Arena, Auckland
When: Monday, October 27
The crowd at pop concerts seem to get younger – and tartier – every year.
Take for instance, the teenybopper walking on the stairs at Auckland’s Vector Arena. From the back, she looked all of about 14, and was wearing a skirt the size of a handkerchief, from which almost everyone behind her got a good view up.
Young lady, does your mother know you’re wearing a G-string?
Skirt looker-upper girl gave a glimpse of what the rest of the evening entailed. Even on a school night, the teens – many of which were wearing matching clothes - were out in full force to celebrate the double billing of Rihanna and Chris Brown.
Brown is the kind of good looking brotha that appeals to both 12-year-old boys and 16-year-old girls, who combined to scream in such deafening tones they drowned out a good portion of his first song.
No matter, because what really impressed was the fact that he descended, god-like, from the roof with a team of dancers dressed like ninjas.
They proceeded to rev up the crowd with club favourites (Yo) Excuse Me Miss and With You, which prompted the plenty of girly sobbing.
A group of teens in oversized T-shirts and what looked like bikini bottoms down front nearly fainted when Kiss Kiss came on.
As a nod to the older people in the crowd - like the ones who could actually go to The Lounge later in the night for the after party - Brown also did a quick tribute to Michael Jackson, including a very passable moonwalk.
On an ironic note, Brown got several audience members to come on stage, mostly female – and played Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit while the teenyboppers went wild.
But it was Rihanna who stole not just the stage, but the night.
She emerged from a moving pedestal dressed in fishnets while belting out Disturbia, and if the chorus of voices for Brown was deafening, the applause for her was a tsunami of sound that relented very little throughout the night.
The show was a combination of burlesque, with girls in corsets – including Rihanna - slinking along the stage, and special effects.
The most spectacular effects were a set of spinning fireworks that showered the stage in sparks. It’s great when musicians say ’screw you’ to their insurance company.
Disco lights attached to the ceiling gave the entire arena a dance party atmosphere, especially during the obligatory “slow song” part of the concert, during which Rihanna introduced two of her backup singers.
Unlike fellow pop stars like Britney Spears, Rihanna can actually sing, and this was one of the few parts of the night which truly showcased her amazing vocals. She crooned out Good Girl Gone Bad, Hate That I Love You - minus Ne-Yo - and Unfaithful, which turned into a crowd sing-a-long.
The biggest shrieks of the night were saved for the end, when she played Please Don’t Stop The Music, complete with fireworks, smoke machines and a blazing finale.
She came back for an encore, which featured Take A Bow and undoubtedly the biggest dance floor song of last year, Umbrella … ella … ella … ella sung partly in conjunction with rumoured boyfriend Brown, who couldn’t resist coming back for another round of teenybopper love.
Rihanna did promise the crowd that she’s coming back, so let’s hope she gets a chance to, before her fans grow up.
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Yeah, she can sing. And “rumored” boyfriend? Even birds on a branch know that CB and Rihanna are together lol.
Love you Rihanna from Robert adamson
you rocked girl and looked hot doin it!!!! lots of love from kevonne
it seemed to me that the crowd was into chris brown more than rihanna even though they both rocked ridiculously large amounts. not that it really matters. i do have to say that i loved this concert more than justin timberlake last year. my 2 ultimate concerts mushed into 1!! THE BEST!!!
Ri…ya da hottest thing ive ever seen.Go gal, luv ya
so ur basicaly calling auckland girls sluts?? wow niiiiiiiice.
wats with the teenybopper? drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry
I couldn’t believe just how tarty some of the girls looked at the Brisbane concerts….Chris definitely stole the show…Rihanna cannot sing well live and seemed to rely heavily on loud music that bellowed over her voice, long whiny notes and yelling as well as back up singers. Chris did an amazing job and seems to communicate better with the audience. The crowd was all for standng ovations for Chris but when Rihanna was talking and wrappng up the show everybody looked bored and started to leave. A group of teens (not just girls mind you) started to chant “We want Chris! We want Chris!….”. That aside, an AMAZING performance and concert. Breezy better come back next year or in 2010! =]
is chris brown and rihanna coming back to australia next year for a concert i really wanted to see them but had exam
I HOPE THEY DO
PLZZZ COME BACK
